The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-05-12
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Items of Interest From Both Side.
of the Divide.

Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.
| Sheridan is going to form q militif
company.
The National Bank of Great Falls will
increase its capital to 100000.
The cantata of Esther is being pre-.
pared for rendition at Anaconda.
| The New Idea is the name of a paper
just started at Corvallis, ,Missoula county;
The Dillon Tribune says that Skalkaho
will probably have a newspaper before
fall.
Mccarthy & Murphy, Of Butte, have
secured the contract to put in water at
Deer Lodge.
Jacob Zimmerman, travelling man,
was drowned on Saturday in the Missouri
river at Goshen.
The Silver Bow orphan asylum, which
is located near Travonia, contains dozen
homeless little orphans.
Mormons came in from Utah lastweek
to work on the Montana Central grade.
Fifteen teams came with them.
The Rocky Mountain Telegraph COM
pany is fitting up its Office at Great Falls
preparatory to beginning work.
Float rock has been found in the vicin-
ity of the Curlew mine, near Stevens
vile, assaying 982 ounces per ton.
The Tribune, of Stevensville, says Tia
the second oldest Missourian in the val
ley is 81 years of age, and mule.
A new road between Dillon and Ar
genta is being agitated, which will short
en- the distance four or five miles.
The Great Falls Tribune is making ar
rangements to secure the press dispatches
in order to publish daily edition of that
paper.
Treasurer Berendes, of Jefferson county
Las discovered that the county bonds
have been counterfeited to considerable
extent.
Bob Sutherlin went east last Sunday
to get married. This has been reported
many times before but this time it is re-
ally a 60.
A thief stole copper gilt chalice, sill
yer cruet stand, and silver ciborium
from the Catholic church at Butte Satur-
day night.
The First Montana Rifles of Butte have
elected Fred Loeber, captain, John Stock
OF, first lieutenant, and Chris Wiedeman,
second lieutenant.
G. G. Shirley, postmaster at South
Butte, was fined $40 and costs, on Satur-
day, for cruelty to animals, in beating
horse numerically.
A fire at Billings last Saturday totally
destroyed the Blue Grass saloon, and
damaged other buildings. It is believed
to be of 1ncendiary origin.
Dillon is to have Catholic Church. It
will cost $4,000, the first $1,000 of which
was collected the first afternoon by
Father Dolls and one other canvasser,
Four thousand pounds, each of wheat
and oats, with other seeds, are being dis
tributed among the Indians for seeding
purposes at the Mission, near Stevens
vile.
Bishop Brewer was in Anaconda yes
terday on his annual visit. He admins
tered the rite of confirmation at the
morning service and conducted the even
ing service.
The Meagher Guards and Capital
Guards of Helena, we're invited by Capt.
Shepherd last week to participate in the
Fourth of July celebration at Butte but
have declined.
The Butte city council has granted
charter for the building of street rail
road, to Bennett Brothers and S. G.
Larabie. The motive power will be elec-
tricity and cable.
At Red Rock last Wednesday some
drunken Indians broke into the section
house, smashed the windows and fright
ened the family of the foreman. The wife
tagged train and the Indians disap-
peared.
If Great Falls is not soon great town
it will not be for the want of booming.
Paris Gibson and other men interested
there talk it up to the exclusion of all
other topics as soon as a newspaper re-
porter halls in sight.
Last Friday evening in the parlors of
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